Went to Mt Druitt, St Mary's and Penrith Targets last night.
I am appalled at the "sale". Its a dead set joke.
The only items all 3 stores had plenty of were:
- Portable Learning PC
- Voice Changer helmets (most were the non Cullen ones)
- Beamers (which are seriously over priced)
- Walkie Talkies
- Barrel Roll Blaster
Mt Druitt was the best of the 3, at least they had some Voyager, Real Gear, Scout and Cyber Slammer figures. No Leader Class figures though. They also had Cybertron stock not on sale. They had the Caribiners set, for $40.
St Mary's was the only store that had a few Cyber Stompers, a few Bonecrusher and Swindle deluxes, no scouts, no Slammers, a few Voyager Starscream/Ratchets, alot of puzzles and some costumes. They also had Supreme Starscream...from the Cybertron line (not on sale).
I arrived at the Penrith Store at 10pm, they were restocking the shelves, they put 8 Deluxe figures on the shelf (I am being literal here). 3 Bonecrushers, 2 swindles, a Classic Camaro, Jazz and Barricade. They had a Voyager Starscream, a dozen Leader Megatron's, and heaps of costumes (including Bumblebee). No Cyber Stompers, no Slammers, a few scouts, a FAB Brawl, no real gear, nor Caribiners. They did have a good selection of books though, including the sound ones.
Overall, I am extremely underwhelmed, not surprised though. The "sale" items are not that great, the Caribiners are $40, as are the Beamers (if you got both for $40, it would be a good deal), Most of the helmets I tested were not the Cullen helmets, so be careful.
The staff were very unhelpful, they seemed to have no idea about what was going on, the staff at Penrith were even moving stock around, they had not finished in time before the sale began. The in store scanners were all broken, shelves were empty, price tags were sitting in piles on trolley's, in all stores, instead of being placed on the shelves.
Overall Big W has had the best sale of the lot. Target isn't even going to get close.
Some of the things they are flogging off in the sale are $600!!! imagine having to fork out that much in 1 week, not to mention hiding the thing until Christmas!
